The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the private lending market, estimated by the International Monetary Fund to top $2 trillion at present, offers a capital “lifeline” of...
Squarespace is becoming a private company, with its new owner offering a more generous deal. The website-building platform had announced plans to merge with private equity firm Permira in a $6.4 million deal. Now, Permira has sweetened the deal in a transaction worth $7.2 billion,...
The collapse of eCommerce startup Thrasio has reportedly triggered a fight between its former private equity backers. Oaktree Capital Management has written a letter to private equity (PE) firms Silver Lake and Advent criticizing them for their oversight of Thrasio, the Financial Times (FT) reported...
Early-stage investment operation HIPstr has closed its $100 million debut fund. The company, launched by private equity executives David Moross and Mark Bezos — half-brother of Amazon founder Jeff — is an arm of HighPost Capital. “We launched HIPstr to capitalize on an attractive market...
October 02, 2024
The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the private lending market, estimated by the International Monetary Fund to top $2 trillion at present, offers a capital “lifeline” of sorts to a variety of borrowers, especially smaller firms that […]
January 15, 2024
For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need. And for the lenders, the...
January 17, 2023
European private equity (PE) dealmaking defied economic headwinds in 2022. In general, dealmaking was characterized by smaller but more numerous deals, as checks and valuations got smaller and the cost...
October 02, 2024
A top banker at JPMorgan Chase said that the initial public offering (IPO) market for companies backed by private equity firms is heating up. Keith Canton, JPMorgan’s head of Americas equity capital markets, said the market for such companies is “very much open,” as firms seek to lower their debt loads or provide existing investors […]
September 09, 2024
Squarespace is becoming a private company, with its new owner offering a more generous deal. The website-building platform had announced plans to merge with private equity firm Permira in a...
September 08, 2024
The collapse of eCommerce startup Thrasio has reportedly triggered a fight between its former private equity backers. Oaktree Capital Management has written a letter to private equity (PE) firms Silver...
August 18, 2024
Early-stage investment operation HIPstr has closed its $100 million debut fund. The company, launched by private equity executives David Moross and Mark Bezos — half-brother of Amazon founder Jeff —...
